June 23 -- PRNewswire / AsiaNet
CANBERRA: The CSIRO is taking legal action to retract a gene silencing patent granted to Benitec and the Queensland Department of Primary Industries on the grounds that CSIRO scientists invented the technology in the '90s, a company report said.www.csiro.au
CANTON: The Timken Company will extend its online services in Australia and New Zealand through its online e-business initiative www.endorsia.com, the company announced today.www.timken.com
CAMBRIDGE: Nuvera Fuel Cells has relocated its worldwide headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts to allow its US-based staff to operate from a single building and to provide upgraded research and development facilities, a company statement said.www.nuvera.com
NEW YORK: East of Eden, an epic novel set between the Civil War and World War I, by author John Steinbeck, will be the first book reviewed at the upcoming re-launch of US talk show host Oprah Winfrey's Book Club, the Penguin Group announced today. www.oprah.com or www.penguinputnam.com
LAS VEGAS: The Planet Hollywood Group successfully bid to purchase the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, now destined to become the Planet Hollywood Hotel and Casino, a company report said.www.planethollywood.com
PURCHASE: PepsiCo's second quarter 2003 earnings conference call will be web cast live over the net at www.pepsico.com on Thursday 10 July, a media release said.
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